Monday, March 14, 2011

Low pressure lifts north from the Mississippi River, spreading rain showers across Central and Southern West Virginia today. Folks in the northern portions of our state can expect generally dry conditions for most of the day today. However, thick cloud cover and light rain showers will gradually overtake the region after midnight. Mixed precip is likely in the higher elevations tonight and early Tuesday with as much as an inch of snow possible for those mountain counties. Temperatures tonight will dip into the low 30s.

Strenghtening low pressure will continue on a northeastward track across the Appalachians Tuesday. Rain showers and isolated thunderstorms along with strong gusty winds are possible Tuesday afternoon & evening. Despite the impending rain, flooding concerns are not epected at this time. Temperatures during the day will stay in the low to mid 50s...upper 30s at night.

Low-lying cloud cover and light rain showers will linger for the first part of the day Wednesday. However, rainfall amounts this week remain unimpressive. New rainfall amonts are not expected to exceed half-an-inch. Again, temperatures will struggle to reach the mid 50s during the day Wednesday.

High pressure will begin building over the area late Wednesday. This will allow for lots of sunshine with dry conditions for the rest of the workweek. Strong southwest air flow will bring plenty of warm air into the region for Thursday and Friday. Temperatures in the upper 60s/low 70s and plenty of sunshine are on tap for St Patrick's Day and Friday.

Cold front arrives Friday night with slight chance of rain showers Friday night/Saturday AM...Good news: weekend tempeatures will still be well above normal, despite the cold front moving in!